Air-ship.



PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

J. E. TAYLOR.

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AIR SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 19 06.

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AIR SHIP APPLIOATI ON FILED NOV. 26, 19 06 3 SHEETS.SHEET 3 WITNESSES? n I I IN EF R Qfid Hrruapl E) Ships, of which the following is a specification.

JACK E. TAYLOR, 'OF WHEELING, .WEST VIRGINIA.

AIFP-SHIP.

No. scenes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed November 26,1906. $crial No. 345,067.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JACK E. TAYLOR,- a citizen of the United States of'Ainerica, and a resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and. State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air- My invention relates to new and useful iniprovements in air-ships and it has for its obect to provide an air-ship of simple, strong, and light construction in which a great elevating and sustaining power may be developed and which may be readil steered, all 't '1 e Working parts being under t 1e direct control of the operator.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide an air-ship which is rendered buo ant by the employment of an inclosing gas-c amber of sufficient capacity to sustain its weight, thus-permitting the propelling mechanism to be' employed wholly for raising, lowering, and directing the course of the ship. With these and other objects in View the invention finally consists in the particular construction, arrangement, and combination of'parts, which will hereinafter be fully described, reference heing herein had to the ac companying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sec tion of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig.

is a partial vertical section through one of.

the upright tubes, showing a propeller mounted in said tube, gearing for said propeller, andthe operating-levers and clutch. Fig.

4 is a cross-section of the ruddensupport s,

showing the rudder in elevation; and F ig. 5 is a detail view of the rudder-controlling mechanism l Referring to said drawings, in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout' the several views, 1 indicates an oblong metallic shell, cylindrical in crosssection, which serves as a car for carrying the necessary driving machinery, assengers, ballast, Sac. Extending'longltu inally and centrally through said car 1 is a tube 2, the

. ends of which project beyond the ends of the shell and are both open-for the passage of air therethroughp Enveloping the. -car is an outer shell 3, similar, in form to said shell 1 and braced therefrom by bracesbr spokes 4,

spaced at suitable intervals An annuiar c amber 5Qis 'thusformed; between the two shells fpr containinggas, said chamber being preferably of a size which will accommodate a-sufiicient body of gas to ncarl y if not quite, sustain the weight of the machine. Mounted in the tube 2 isa propeller-shaft 6, carrying a propeller 7, by means of which the machine 1s driven or propelled in a forward or rearward direction, according to the direction in which the propeller is driven.

Extending verticall through the two shells 1 and 3 is a plurality of suitably-located tubes'8, each of which has a vertical propeller-shaft 9, centrally mounted therein, on which is mounted a propeller 10, said propel lers when in operation being adapted for' raising and lowering the machine. Said tubes 8 are flush at their opposite ends with the outer face of the shell 3 and are firmly braged by the shells through which they exten Mounted on the floor 1 1, whichis provided across the bottom of the car, are suitable enable gearing being provided for connectin said engines with the propeller-shafts 9, said gearing preferably comprising a rotary driveshaft 13, carried-by the engine, and a suitably supported connecting shaft 14, said drive-shaft and connecting-shin" t having in termeshing beveLgears' 1.5-and the propellershaft and connectingshaft having intermcshing-bevel-gears 1'6. A suitable frictionclutch mechanism is provided for throwing said propeller-shaft in" and out of gear with i the engine. In the present instance the connecting-shaft 14 is shown in two sections 14 and 14?, said sections having upon their adjacent cndsjthe clutch mechanism, which comprises a cu i-socketlf7, rigidly mounted on the end. of t 1esection 14, and a cone 18, movable'on the section 14*, the cone being gines 12 for driving the propellers 10, suit adapted for frictional engagement with the socket. Said cone 18. is longitudinally movbracing said shell and preventing the collapse of same under the gas-pressure contained in the gasechamber 5.

)le intervals throughout too One or more engines 22 are provided'lor driving the propellensha'ft 6, suitable gearing being providcd'for the purpose:

It will be noted that the shells l and 3 do not embrace the tube 2 at the'ends, but end at a distance from said tube, and are connected by an extension 23 of the shell'l parallel to the tube 2, thus leaving; a tubular pe g suies o the tube 2,. A lass orislnglass w1ndow..25 is fitted in. eac

mitrof the uninterrupted the car an admi trof acertain range of vision to theca'rocr.

openings being provided in the shells 1 H a I below said windows, said 'openings. bei n airudder,

At ,one or more suitable points in the floor 11 are mounted ,glass windows 26, thro h.

which a -downward I hadby. the-occupants of the car,-, snit'a 1e ali- closed between the shells-byplates 27.- Inclined braces 28 extend rearwardlytrom. theendsof the shell 1 't'o' the holding said shell and tube; "in relation, to each other. V atv ,1;

On the rear endof 'the'machine isr'nounted .consistingof four separatjansgilil arranged 1n pairs, onepair standinggvertic with its fans in line with ,eaohipther and otherpair standing horizontal-"Iwith'its fans; other, said rudderwhen.

in line with each- I viewed from either end beingiin the forlnof'a Inanifmlated.

-said shells, a propeller in cross as shown in Fig. 4 of the" drawings, f ans comprising a'pair are spaced apart-a" of the 'operatlo'n or. without'bindra'nce from or interference with the otherr Said fans are ri idly nounted'upon shafts 30, which stan at right angles to each other and have their ends j our'naled in the outer ends of 'bracedods 31, which are H idly mounted at:

their opposite ends upon t e tube 2. Suitable operating-levers are provided by means of which the parts oi said rudder may be Having thus descri bed my I claim as new, and terslatent, is-

1. '1n n (lying-machine, an oblong metallic shell, a tube extending longitudinally and centrally through said veloping the iirst qnentii'med shell and spaccd tl'iere'l'roni .lorming a gas-chamber-l etween said tube, driving means for said propeller, a plurality of tubes extended vertically througl'i said shells, propellers in said tubes, and driving, means for said'propcllors. v l 2. In a ilying-1nachii1c, an oblong metallic shell, cylii'idrical in cross-section, a tube extendinglongitudinally and centrally through invention, What des re to secure by Let-- said shell, a propeller in said tube, an cutenshell enveloping the first-mentioned shell and 'tion to each other, 24 at each 'end of the machine on all f 3:, In a ilyingunachine, an oblong 1.01- these openingswhich while )reventing the admission- ,0, drafts af air ad p sage-of ight to thei'nteriorof range of-vision-mays; e fot hcr, a plurality into, and out of gear, and guidin said tube, a second shell 1 chamber between said shells, a tube extended a shell, a second shell enbraced therefrom. to form a gas-chamber'be.

Ween the shells, a pluralityof vertical tubes extended through said shells and'open to the atmosphere at each end, propellers in said tubes, means for driving each ofsaid propel- 7o lers, braoesholding'the inner shell and the longitudinally-extending tube in fixed relaand a rudder operatively connected to said last-mentioned tube.

metallic fshell, tubular in cross-section and openiat :each end,- a tube 0 en from end toend 110* 'jectcd longitudina If and centrallly throufih" said shell, braces holding said shel and tn efinfixed relation to each (ltll.(21,8.l1 outer shell fcnveloping the firstwmen-tioned shall, a gas ,chamber formed between said shells, braces holding saidshells in fixed relation to each. of tubes extend3d vertis cally through said-shells, propellers in each of said tubes, motors, gearing, between said motors and'said" propellers, clutch mechans ism .u*herel y said propellers may be thIOW-ll- Inechanism;

tube atzone on end thereof. 5 4 Ina flying-machine, an oblong metallic jshll, a, tube extending longitudinally and gcentrally through said shell, a propeller in enveloplng thcfirst- 5 mentioned shell and braced therefrom fOIIPk, a gas-chamber between said shells, a phi 1n 'rality ofvertically-disposed tubes associated: with said shells and having their ends open tothc-atn osphere, propellers in saidtuhes, L 'and means for driving said pro ellers. 5. In a flying-machine, an olilong metallic inner shell, an outer shell enveloping the-inner shell and braced. therefrom toform a gas- 1G longitudinally and centrally through the in 1 nor shell and having its oppositefends' open and projected beyond thc'ends of said shells, a'propeller mountcdin said tube, braces between said tube and. the inner shell, tubes open at each end projected. vertically through said shells and firmly held thereby, and -propellers in the vertical tubes. i 6. In a ll ing-machine, inner and outerohlong metallic shells spaced apart to consti tuto a gaschamber' therel'mtwcen, a tube ex? tended longitudinally and centrally throu'g'gh tlieinner shell, said shells both terminating at each end at equidistant oints from said tube, t )ular exlensionsoi' the inner shell connect (1 to the ends of the outer shell andv forming tubular openings about the ends of said tube, a plurality of tubes extended ver= tically through said shells, and propellers'in each of said tubes. '7. 111's llyin -nlachine, inner and outer oblong metallic shells spaced and braced apart, a tube extended longitudinally through the. inner shell, said shells terrninatingatjheiri ends at points remote from said tube, the ad) 13:;

jacent ends of said shells being connectedfqrming n closed gas-chamber between the shells andiforming window-openlugs adjacent tethe tube at each end, VGIlKill tubes extended through said shells, prupellers in each 0i said tubes, driving means for said propellers, brace holding the inner shell and the longitudinally-extending tube in fixed relaliun to each ether; and e rudder 0per atively cennected t0 the last-mentioned tube. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. JACK E. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

II. E. DUNLAP, Rom. F. DILWORTH. 

